Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., or Butch
Dalisay to readers of his "Penman" column in the Philippine Star, has
authored 27 books of fiction and nonfiction. He is a TOYM, Palanca Hall of
Fame, and CCP Centennial Honors List awardee, and the holder of many
prestigious fellowships here and abroad.
He teaches English and Creative Writing as a Full Professor at the
University of the Philippines, where he also serves as Director of the
Institute of Creative Writing. His second novel, Soledad's Sister, was
shortlisted for the inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize in 2007.
Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo has
published more than 30 books, including two novels, 5 short story collections,
12 nonfiction collections, and 4 collections of critical essays. At present she
is the Director of the UST Center for Creative Teaching and Literary Studies,
and is teaching graduate creative writing and literature courses in both UST
and UP. She has also served as Director of the UST Publishing House, Director
of the UP Press, Director of the UP Institute of Creative Writing, and Vice
President for Public Affairs of the UP System.
Maria
Luisa F. Torres-Reyes is
Professor at the English Department, Ateneo de Manila University. She is a published critic, scholar and
creative writer. She is the founder and
current Editor-in-Chief of KRITIKA KULTURA, the ISI-indexed online scholarly
journal on literary, language and cultural studies. Her book, BANAAG AT SIKAT: METAKRITISISMO AT
ANTOLOHIYA won the 30th National Book Awards for Literary Criticism,
2011. SIPATSALIN, her collection of
poems which have been translated in a number of Philippine and foreign
languages came out in 2011. She has
delivered lectures and published in academic journals here and abroad.
Allan Popa is the author of ten collections of
poetry, including Drone (Ateneo de
Manila University Press, 2013) and Laan
(De La Salle University Publishing House, 2013). He has received the Philippines Free Press Literary Award
and the Manila Critics Circle
National Book Award. He earned his MFA in Writing(Poetry) at Washington University in Saint Louis,
where he won the Norma Lowry Prize and the Academy of American Poets Graduate
Prize. He received fellowships to the New York State Writers Institute at
Skidmore College from 2006-2011. He teaches at the Filipino Department of
Ateneo de Manila University and is currently the Director of Ateneo Institute
of Literary Arts and Practices (AILAP). He is one of the founding members of
HighChair.
Maria Carmen "Menchu"
Sarmiento is an award-winning fictionist and
essayist. She is a 2014 Rockefeller
Writing Residency Fellow at the Bellagio Center in Italy. She is the
moderator of Writers Against Impunity by the Philippine Center of PEN
International (email: end.impunity@philippinepen.ph). Her latest collection,
titled UKAY-UKAY: Cuentos y Diskuentos
Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles is the author of ten books of
poems in Filipino: Menos Kuwarto
(Pithaya Press, 2002), Ilahás (High
Chair, 2004), Hindi man lang nakita
(High Chair, 2006), Parang (High
Chair, 2008), Alingaw (High Chair,
2010), Alinsunurang Awit (UST
Publishing House, 2010), Antares
(Aklat Kurimaw, 2010), Mal (High
Chair, 2011), Mga Tala at Panaginip
(High Chair, 2012), and Guwang (High
Chair, 2013). His next book, Pilas ng
Papel: Mga Sanaysay at Panayam sa Tula, will be published by the De La
Salle University Publishing House this year.
His awards include the Gawad Collantes, Gawad Komisyon sa Tula,
Maningning Miclat Award for Poetry, and Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for
Literature. A fellow for poetry in the 36th and 48th UP
National Writers Workshops, he is a member of Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at
Anyo (LIRA) and High Chair. He works as a book editor and is currently teaching
literature and creative writing at the De La Salle University. He is also one of the editors of hal., an online and print journal
dedicated to publishing contemporary works in Filipino.
Herminio S. Beltran, Jr. is the
director of the Literary Arts Division of the Cultural Center of the
Philippines and editor-in-chief of ANI, the CCP literary journal. He is author
of two trilingual books of poetry (BAYAMBANG, Kalikasan Press, 1991) and
LEMLUNAY (UP Press, 2003). He is on the
Board of Directors of Philippine PEN.
Si Christoffer Mitch C.
Cerda ay guro sa Kagawaran ng Filipino ng Pamantasang Ateneo de
Manila. Nagtapos siya ng BFA Creative
Writing at MA Panitikang Filipino sa pamantasang nabanggit at kasalukuyang
nag-aaral ng Ph.D. Philippine Studies sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas-Diliman. Inilathala ng National Commission for Culture
and the Arts (NCCA) at Ateneo Insititute of Literary Arts and Practices (AILAP)
bilang bahagi ng UBOD New Authors Series II ang kaniyang chapbook ng mga
maikling kuwento na pinamagatang "Paglalayag Habang Naggagala ang Hilaga
at Iba Pang Kuwento". Tubo siyang
San Pablo City, Laguna.
Heidi Emily
Eusebio-Abad teaches courses on creative writing for children and young
adults at the Department of English & Comparative Literature at UP
Diliman. Some of her books for children are "Abot Mo Ba
ang Tainga Mo?", "Polliwog's Wiggle", "Magnificent
Pearl", "The Grease Man", "Ball of Wax", and
"Faye, the Always Angel". Her collection of poetry for children which
won 2nd place in the Carlos Palanca Literary Awards will be published this
year. She is a member of the Kuwentista ng mga Tsikiting (KUTING).
Si Eugene Evasco ay
makata, kuwentista, iskolar, at kolektor ng mga aklat pambata. Kasalukuyan
siyang Associate Professor ng panitikan at malikhaing pagsulat sa UP Diliman. Dalawang ulit siyang nagwagi ng Grand Prize sa
PBBY-Salanga Writer's Prize. Nagwagi ang
aklat niyang Ang Sampung Bukitkit sa 2012
National Children's Book Award. Iniluklok
siya sa Palanca Hall of Fame noong 2009. Dalawang ulit siyang pinagkalooban ng titulong
University Artist 2 ng UP Diliman.
Ralph Semino Galán, poet,
literary and cultural critic, translator and editor, is currently the Senior
Resident Fellow and de facto Deputy Director of the UST Center for Creative
Writing and Literary Studies. He is an
Associate Professor of Literature, the Humanities and Creative Writing in the
UST Faculty of Arts and Letters and the UST Graduate School. He has a B.A. in English (Major in
Literature), magna cum laude from the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute
of Technology and an M.A. in English Studies (Major in Creative Writing) from
UP Diliman. His poems in English and
Filipino have won prizes in the Philippine Panorama (1993) and Home Life
Magazine (1998) poetry contests. His
first book titled "The Southern Cross and Other Poems" was published
by the NCCA in 2005 as part of its UBOD New Authors Series, and his second
book, "Discernments: Literary Essays, Cultural Critiques and Book
Reviews", was published by the UST Publishing House in 2013.
Si Yol Jamendang ay
guro ng panitikan at kulturang Filipino sa Pamantasang Ateneo de Manila. Para sa kanyang MA thesis, nagsulat siya
tungkol sa kontemporaneong pagkalalaki sa kulturang popular sa Pilipinas. Ninanakaw ng mga gag show at ad agency ang
mga konseptong pinapauso niya sa internet.
Nicolas B. Pichay is currently the
Director of the Senate Legislative Research Service and a law lecturer of the
UP Law Center. He is the author, among
others, of The Honor of the Senate: 44 Days of an Impeachment Trial.
His play Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros was recently produced by Bit
by Bit Productions. He teaches
playwrighting at the Philippine High School for the Arts. He is a Don
Carlos Palanca Hall of Fame awardee. He
is a board member of the Philippine PEN.
Ricardo
Soler
is a director of PEN Philippines, member of the Manila Overseas Press Club and
the Tuesday Club; fictionist, essayist and journalist. His last work of published fiction was an
anthology of his short stories, "For Starters," which had excellent
reviews from two National Artists for Literature and other top Filipino authors
and critics. He contributed fiction to
Free Press, Roque Magazine, etc.;
essays, feature stories and book criticisms to Philippine Star and
Inquirer; historical essay to Roque Magazine, etc. His most recent work is a short story
intended for translation into Spanish, set for publication and distribution in
Mexico from where it will also be distributed in South America. At 76, he is
still an active writer and is a frequent speaker with particular emphasis on
the subject of Depressive Disorders.
